Police: Man Steals Elderly Woman's Purse At Stop & Shop

WATERTOWN – Police are searching for a man who pushed an elderly woman to the ground and then stole her purse when she entered a supermarket Wednesday morning.

Police said that the suspect, described as a white male with a brown goatee somewhere between 25 and 35 years old, pushed the elderly woman to the ground and grabbed her purse while she was getting a carriage inside the Stop & Shop at 763 Straits Tpke. The suspect was also wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball hat with a white "D" on it.